One pollster sees “flashing red” signs on youth turnout as Gen Z and millennial voters, who are not satisfied with either party, could again play a decisive role in the next election.
The vast majority of young people don’t vote. In the last election (a midterm), 75% of those young people with a uterus didn’t vote. Even in 2020, a very high turnout presidential year, youth were at about 50%, with young women at 55. You might be planning on voting (and that’s great!), but not everyone will, and only a tiny percentage will bother to vote in the congressional elections that actually matter.
The vast majority of young people don’t vote. In the last election (a midterm), 75% of those young people with a uterus didn’t vote. Even in 2020, a very high turnout presidential year, youth were at about 50%, with young women at 55. You might be planning on voting (and that’s great!), but not everyone will, and only a tiny percentage will bother to vote in the congressional elections that actually matter.
https://circle.tufts.edu/latest-research/2022-youth-turnout-race-and-gender-reveals-major-inequities
https://circle.tufts.edu/latest-research/2020-youth-voter-turnout-raceethnicity-and-gender